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The Good Witch, a review by addicted2dvd

The Good Witch (2008/Canada) Gaiam Americas Director: Craig Pryce Writing: Rod Spence (Writer) Length: 88 min. Rating: NR Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo Subtitles: None

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Stars:
Catherine Bell as Cassie Nightingale
Chris Potter as Jake Russell
Catherine Disher as Martha Tinsdale
Peter MacNeill as George O'Hanrahan
Allan Royal as Walter Cobb
Matthew Knight as Brandon Russell

Plot:
A mysterious, yet charming woman arrives in a small town and causes a stir when people think she is an actual witch. The town's moral committee, lead by the mayor's wife, becomes convinced she is evil and begins a campaign to drive her out of town. This causes much stress to the town sheriff, a struggling widower, who is slowly developing feelings for the woman. As their relationship grows, the woman helps the sheriff's children, as well as several members of the community, face their problems and overcome personal obstacles. But is it common sense or magic that's helping the townfolk? And will they ever be able to accept her as one of their own?

Extras:

• Scene Access

What can I say? I really enjoy this Hallmark Channel Original movie. I caught this movie for the first time on cable a while back... enjoyed it so much that I went ahead and grabbed the DVD. I grabbed the DVD just over a year ago (Feb. 8, 2011)... and this is my third time watching the DVD. And I enjoy it just as much now as the first time I watched it. I really like the character of Cassandra Nightingale (The Good Witch) and the lovely Catherine Bell did a wonderful job in the role. I couldn't imagine anyone doing it better. If there is anything I didn't care for though... it would be that the ending felt like it was settled a little quickly and easily. But that didn't really take away from the movie for me. Unfortunately this DVD release has no extras what so ever. Also unfortunate is the fact that none of the three sequels has made it on DVD yet. Luckily I have them all recorded until they are (hopefully) released.




(From Celebrity of the Week Marathon: Catherine Bell on March 18th, 2012)

Contamination, a review by GSyren

Contamination (5-027035-012827)

Italy 1980 | Released 2015-07-06 on Bluray from Arrow Video, Arrow Films

95 minutes | Aspect ratio 1.85:1 | Audio: English PCM Mono, Italian PCM Mono, Commentary Dolby Digital 2-Channel Stereo

Starring Italian horror veteran Ian McCulloch (Zombie Flesh Eaters), Contamination, from director Luigi Cozzi (Starcrash, Hercules) is one of the brightest stars in the firmament of early '80s Italian Splatter. A cargo ship drifts into New York harbour. Its crew: all dead, their bodies horribly mutilated, turned inside-out by an unknown force. Its freight: boxes upon boxes of glowing, pulsating green eggs. It soon becomes clear that these eggs are not of this planet, and someone intends to cultivate them here on Earth. But who? And to what end? Contamination takes the premise of Ridley Scott's classic Alien and peppers it with exploding guts galore and a dangerously infectious soundtrack from celebrated Italian prog-rockers Goblin (Deep Red, Suspiria).

My thoughts about Contamination:

First of all, let's make it clear what this film is not. It's not an Alien ripoff. The eggs are clearly inspired by Alien, but that's pretty much it. And another thing - it's not a big budget movie. In part it looks better than it deserves, especially on Arrow's blu-ray release. Some of the acting is so-so, but judging Italian actors by the English dubbing is a bit unfair. Ian McCulloch is quite OK. Why this was classified as a video nasty is beyond me. I guess it was because of the exploding bodies, but they look more comical than horrific. Back in 1980 no Swedish distributor even tried to get it past the censors. Well, those were different times. Today it hardly raises any eyebrows. I watched this the first time 12 years ago. I gave it three stars back then. Today I like it just a little bit better. Perhaps because I know what to expect. Or more importantly, what not to expect. And perhaps because the blu-ray looks so good.

I rate this title

(From Reviews and ramblings by Gunnar on August 10th, 2015)

Tom's TV Finales marathon, a review by Tom

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Dollhouse: Season Two (2009/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (United Kingdom) Length: 546 min. Video: Widescreen 1.78 Audio: English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Commentary: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Subtitles: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

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Plot:
From creative mastermind Joss Whedon (Buffy The Vampire Slayer) comes the stunning final season of this sexy, provocative thriller that that will reveal all the secrets and complete your collection!(Eliza Dushku) struggles with the memories of her past, she must unlock the deadly secret that will ultimately determine the fate of all mankind.


Dollhouse
Season 2.13 Epitaph Two: Return
Writer: Joss Whedon (Created By), Maurissa Tancharoen (Writer), Jed Whedon (Writer), Andrew Chambliss (Writer)
Director: David Solomon
Cast: Eliza Dushku (Echo), Harry J. Lennix (Boyd Langton), Fran Kranz (Topher Brink), Tahmoh Penikett (Paul Ballard), Enver Gjokaj (Anthony Ceccoli), Dichen Lachman (Priya Tsetsang), Olivia Williams (Adelle DeWitt), Felicia Day (Mag), Summer Glau (Bennett Halverson), Adair Tishler (Caroline Farrell), Alan Tudyk (Alpha), Zack Ward (Zone), Nate Dushku (Clive Ambrose), Noah Harpster (Matthew Harding), Christian Monzon (Romeo), Brandon Dieter (T), Jim Lindsey (Active), Maurissa Tancharoen (Kilo)

This was the first time that I have watched this series. When it originally aired, I stopped after the first few episodes. Am I glad that I gave this series another chance. My thought was that it really paid off that I gave Firefly a second chance. Now Joss Whedon has proven, that he has yet to disappoint me.
This series really got good after the first few episodes, when the focus switched from the single mission episodes to the arc episodes which focused on the other dollhouse employees.
The final episode is a great conclusion. Even though this series did not have a long life, it got the chance to do a proper ending. Personally I prefer series, which only are one or two seasons long. Then it is easier to rewatch at some point.

Rating:

(From Tom's TV Finales marathon on August 3rd, 2013)